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Home is Where the Struggle is
The Michigan General Defense Committee has prioritized struggles around housing and homelessness. Each of our chapters in Washtenaw County, Lansing, and Detroit have ongoing participation in organizing campaigns to address the lack of affordable housing, to fight back against…
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In Solidarity with EZLN
The Michigan General Defense Committee stands in solidarity with the autonomous communities of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) in the aftershock of the paramilitary attack on compañero Jorge López Santíz, and in the face of escalating violence…
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DPSCD Lays Off Support Staff
A tearful conversation in the hallway – “They’re making us decide by Friday. I don’t know where I will go.” Powerful words from a student – “If we are the future, then why are you firing the people…
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Dispatches from the Class Struggle
The covid-19 pandemic has been a process of adaptation for communities across the country and the world. In the initial shock of the societal impact of Covid, rent freezes, food banks and financial support programs helped ease the…
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Republic of New Afrika
Day 28 of the 28 Days of Black Liberation 2023 series The Republic of New Afrika was founded in 1968 in Detroit by black nationalist and revolutionary organizations. The RNA embodied both a concept and an organization. RNA…
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uMkhonto we Sizwe
Day 27 of the 28 Days of Black Liberation 2023 series uMkhonto we Sizwe, or “MK”, was the paramilitary wing of the African National Congress (ANC) which fought against the apartheid government of South Africa. It was launched…
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Ruth Ellis
Day 26 of the 28 Days of Black Liberation 2023 Ruth Ellis was once the oldest openly Black gay woman in the world dying at 101. Ellis moved to Detroit in 1937 during the Great Depression to take…
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Universal Association of Ethiopian Women
Day 25 of the 28 Days of Black Liberation 2023 The Universal Association of Ethiopian Women (UAEW) was a grassroots Black nationalist and Pan-Africanist organization active in Louisiana from 1957 to 1963. While Audley Moore is often given…
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Mau Mau Rebellion
Day 24 of the 28 Days of Black Liberation 2023 series The story of the Mau Mau Rebellion is one of anti-colonial struggle and resistance. At the start of the twentieth century, the East African country of Kenya…
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Mutulu Shakur
Day 23 of the 28 Days of Black Liberation 2023 series Dr Mutulu Shakur is a world renowned Doctor of acupuncture who dedicated his life to improving healthcare in the Black community. He has been part of the New…